Category: Fun with your horse

One of the most fun tricks I ever taught Kyra is to pick up items. It is very versatile too because once your horse can pick up stuff, you can teach them to hand it over. Kyra can now pick up and hand over a flower, her food bowl, my clicker, a dog toy, a whip and anything else sheRead more about Fun Friday: Teach your horse to Pick Up items[…]

Get out of your normal routine and do something new and exciting with your horse this weekend. Here are some tips and tricks you can do. One day tricks If your horse is already clicker savvy and knows basic behaviours like leading, standing still, targeting, follow a target, mat training and backing it is very easy toRead more about Fun Friday: Easy Tricks & Tips for Fun[…]

In my previous post What if your horse doesn’t like arena work I already mentioned that the first step is to find out the reason why. If you can exclude physical reasons like pain from the saddle, medical reasons like hoof cracks or maybe an unskillful (or rude) rider and so on, you can look for solutionsRead more about How to… make the arena more appealing[…]

Today’s book review is about an eBook I found online about trick training. Note: I don’t get paid for my opinion nor for providing links to places to purchase the books I review. This review is purely meant to provide information. This book review will follow a specific order: Title of the book Author For who theRead more about Book review: Horse Trick Training[…]

We have all encountered times when we think “Now what?” at the barn. Maybe you have already reached all your equestrian goals, maybe your horse became sick and needed rest, maybe you got injured, maybe you just bought a young horse, or a senior horse… We all need inspiration if we don’t know what to teachRead more about 5 Tips to Expand your Horse’s Horizon[…]

Now that the temperatures are much higher than in winter it becomes more enjoyable to spent some ZEN time with your horse. ZEN time is time spending together without having an agenda. You can take a chair and sit down in his paddock or pasture and just see what happens. Herd behaviour I really like toRead more about Best Basics: ZEN time with your horse[…]

Here are 10 funny horse pics for you. I hope at least one of them makes you smile. Or giggle. Or laughing out loud. #1: Kyra, becauseyour own horse is always number one, right? #2 This little cutie made me smile #3 We can all relate being scared #4 Nomen est Omen (What’s in aRead more about 10 funny horse photos[…]

Today’s filming session didn’t go as planned. First of all the barn was full of people riding their horses. Most evenings I am all by myself and I didn’t expect it to be so busy. So I wanted to do something else first, instead of riding. Three days ago I have entered a clicker trainingRead more about My promised video: cantering with a flag![…]